as in infuriated
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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Recent Examples of estranged
Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
Fenway will also be something of an estranged family reunion or an alumni get-together.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Meyer, whose previous credits include roles on ABC’s American Housewife and Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World, joined Days of Our Lives in December 2024, playing a mysterious young man who shocked Julie by revealing himself to be her late husband’s estranged grandson.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 25 July 2025
In her heartfelt tribute on Father's Day, Alba shared a throwback snap of her estranged husband, 46, via her Instagram Stories to commemorate the special day.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 21 July 2025
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Verb
Mitchell, a first-term Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmaker from Woodbury, was arrested in April 2024 after breaking into her estranged stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
Fenway will also be something of an estranged family reunion or an alumni get-together.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Meyer, whose previous credits include roles on ABC’s American Housewife and Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World, joined Days of Our Lives in December 2024, playing a mysterious young man who shocked Julie by revealing himself to be her late husband’s estranged grandson.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 25 July 2025
In her heartfelt tribute on Father's Day, Alba shared a throwback snap of her estranged husband, 46, via her Instagram Stories to commemorate the special day.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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Without foundational knowledge, people are more likely to feel alienated by the tax system, resulting in compliance costs and lost revenue.—
Zoe Callaway,
Oc Register,
31 July 2025
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While civic interest is increasing, many people still feel alienated by political language and processes, said Vanee.—
Mizani Ball,
Essence,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Yet many Texas conservatives remain antagonistic toward the possibility of building a bullet train through the heart of the Texas Triangle.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Meta’s response reflects a broader clash: Big Tech and the Trump administration see EU oversight as heavy-handed and antagonistic, with US president Donald Trump brandishing tariff threats to push back against the bloc’s digital regulations.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Five days later, on July 8, an attorney for the city manager submitted a letter of potential claim against the city citing defamation, harassment and creation of a hostile work environment.—
Anita Edmondson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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In early October 2022, the ruling said, McCarty filed a hostile work environment complaint with the police department.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
Verb
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.—
Dina Kraft,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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